Otago Community Hospice

20/11/2025

One. Two. Three. Fore! 🏌️‍♀️Edinburgh Women’s Golf tournament ready to tee off. Otago Golf Club. Here’s hoping the rain stays away!

19/11/2025

The clinical entrance to the newly refurbished Ōamaru Hub now has a stunning kōwhai decal to greet patients and whānau. Historically the kōwhai was used for its healing properties, but for us it has a wider meaning. Like the palliative cloak, the kōwhai symbolises the holistic all encompassing care we offer across our entire hospice service - not just to patients, but also their wider whānau - and the incredible community that work with us and support us. He kōwhai manaakitanga, he kōwhai rongoā.
Note: ‘Palliative’ comes from the Greek word for cloak (korowai)

19/11/2025

🎄He kanohi kitea, he hokinga mahara
🎄A familiar face brings back familiar memories
This morning we visited the Dunedin Farmers store to bless their Remembrance Tree and launch the annual Hospice Christmas bauble fundraiser. Make sure you buy yours before they run out! All funds raised in Dunedin and Oamaru Farmers stores go directly to Otago Community Hospice. Thank you to Farmers for your amazing support!

17/11/2025

Are you coming to the car cruise? See you there! From 9am this Sunday 23 November at Hancock Park, St Kilda, Dunedin. $10 entry and lots of fun! 🚗🚙🚌🏎️🚐🛻🚚🚛🧡

Probably my last post before the weekend, I've met and spoken to so many people over the last couple of months, very excited.
For this annual event a lot of people need to be thanked, firstly all our wonderful sponsors mentioned on the flier, without them this event wouldn't happen plus..
Andrew Hurren-Webster ( Founder )
NAPA
Repco Dunedin
A & L Furniture Finishers
Trents ( Tuapeka Print )
Traffic Management and Control
Bunnings
Fresh Choice Green Island
Ross Logistics
Holden Alley car club
Ian Chalmers
Taieri High School
Amanda Goodwin
DCC
Piata Face Painting
Alan Pauley and The Shot Coffee
Fulton Hogan
Pirates and Softball Otago
Blueboy
Otago Community Hospice
Hire pool Party and Events
Johnson Controls ( fire extinguishers)
And of course the volunteers helping on the day.
I hope I haven't missed anyone. The radio ads have started this week so keep an ear out on the Hauraki network.

Ken.

17/11/2025

It's the annual Edinburgh Realty - Commercial Women's Golf Tournament at Otago Golf Club Inc this Friday! We have 3 team spaces left if you want to get involved in the fun. Amazing raffles, prizes, auction, food, drinks and activities around the 9 holes. All abilities, and dressing up is encouraged! Teams of 3, and we also have a team with an injured member looking for 1 extra person if that sounds like you. Get in touch if you are keen! email tina.reece@otagohospice.co.nz

13/11/2025

We recently had a welcome ceremony for our new Kaupapa Māori Care Coordinator, Harlam Uiti-Collins. But for Inpatient Unit nurse Monnie Pitts, no introductions were necessary. Monnie was Harlam’s teacher when he was five years old! She recently retrained as a nurse. We really are just one big happy whānau. Tūwhitia te hopo – feel the fear and do it anyway.

13/11/2025

From today, all stores across Aotearoa will be raising funds for their local hospice service, including Dunedin and Oamaru stores in Otago.
This marks the 12th year of Farmers’ national partnership with hospices, with customers donating $9 million over that time to help keep hospice care free of charge.
Until Christmas Eve, customers can support their local hospice by donating to the Tree of Remembrance in-store or by purchasing the limited-edition hospice bauble, available both in-store and online.
Each bauble costs $15.99, and thanks to Farmers’ generosity, the full amount stays in the community and is donated to the local hospice. Farmers also passes on 100% of all Tree of Remembrance donations.
This year’s bauble features sprigs of holly, a well -known symbol of Christmas representing protection, good fortune, eternal life, and resilience.
Supporting Hospice at Farmers this Christmas helps ensure hospice care remains free for everyone who needs it.
There are limited numbers of the baubles available, and they sell out each year, so please visit your nearest Farmers store or buy online today.

05/11/2025

Keep calm and carry a Fabulous Bag!
Labels including guess, Calvin Klein, Moana road!
Get in quick! 🛍️👛

05/11/2025

Fooorrrreeee....ty Six K
It was a busy month for charity golf.
DUNEDIN
The 18th annual Aotearoa Gaming Trust Hospice Charity Golf Classic tournament took place on Friday 31 October at the St Clair Golf Course. Despite the strong wind and icy showers, and a number of trees down on the course from the wild winds a few weeks prior, a full 18 rounds were finally able to be played this year. 46K was raised for Hospice. Massive thanks to the staff and volunteers who were stationed out in the weather, Gully (organiser extraordinaire) from AGT and all the players and supporters on the day.
ALEX
The following two days saw the Central Otago Charity Golf Classic take place in Alexandra. Hospice was the nominated charity partner this year, and provided volunteers and a speaker. A donation of $5k was made from the event, for which we are very grateful.
UP NEXT
The final golf event of the year will be the Edinburgh Women's Golf Tournament being held at Otago Golf Club on Friday the 21st of November. This year's guest speaker will be Emma Gilmour, New Zealand rally driver and first ever female factory driver for McLaren Racing. There are still 4 team places left, so register soon and enjoy this fun day of golf, raffles and more. Only $300 per team of three https://otagohospice.co.nz/support-us/events/item/179
Dressing up is encouraged. And you can always blame your mask if you get a bad score!
🎉🎉🩷❤🩷🩷🩷🩷🎉

28/10/2025

Could you volunteer or supply some baking for our Fabric-a-Brac event? Saturday 8th of November, 9:30am-1pm at the Port Chalmers Town Hall. Call 027 249 4945 if interested. A unique fabric and sewing sale raising funds for Otago Community Hospice

23/10/2025

The wild wind in Dunedin tried to take out our North Road hospice roof! Thanks to our amazing Dunedin Fire Brigade NZ everything was secured and made safe till we can have it repaired. We are still open, with the secondary entrance to the left of the main door